“…We were able to calculate the proportion of neurologic complications in children hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed pandemic influenza in 2009 from 3 studies, 2 in the United States (5.9% and 7.5%) and 1 in the United Kingdom (6.0%). 15,19,29 The proportion of encephalopathy in children hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed pandemic influenza was 1.7% in another study. 12 The presenting symptoms, neurologic complications, CSF and neuroimaging findings, treatment, and outcome of the 87 children are summarized in table e-2.…”